Remembrance of Tianyin's Adventure

Bai Yutang left the stone prison and searched all the way for Zhan Zhao's whereabouts. The stone corridor was winding and winding, and within a hundred steps, he saw more than [-] stone houses on both sides.Thinking that there is no way to find it like this, she saw a maidservant in white walking across and asked, "Have you ever seen Zhan Zhao?"

When the maid heard this, she looked terrified, pretending to be calm and said: "No!"

What a formidable character Bai Yutang is, how could he be deceived by her, he flashed out his weapon with a "clang" and pressed the blade against her neck, threatening in a low voice: "How dare you lie to me?" The servant girl turned pale with fright, The atmosphere did not dare to come out.

"Take me to him!" Bai Yutang sternly said, "If you dare to be dishonest, don't blame me, Bai Yutang, for not being sympathetic!"

Zhan Zhao comprehended the four words "abandon the heart and follow the spirit" for a long time, but still got nothing.In his memory, the only thing that can connect "heart" and "qi" is the sentence in "Zhuangzi·Ying Diwang": "The mind is in the light, and the qi is in the desert".

So he put his hands lightly on his knees, slowly closed his eyes, tried to let his mind gradually calm down, and tried his best to forget the current situation, the past and the old people, and all the worries in the world.

In the past, he would never have been able to "forget" the word.Because in his view, to forget all troubles is to give up all responsibilities.For Zhan Zhao, who "holds morality on iron shoulders", giving up his "responsibility" is like losing the meaning of life.

However, now, he is in a desperate situation, and even if he wants to, he is powerless towards the responsibilities of the world.This responsibility doesn't matter if you have it, or if you don't have it.

When Zhan Zhao threw away all his worries, his mind seemed to drift away from his body, from this closed and narrow secret room, and swim freely between the boundless heaven and earth—looking up to see the blue sky like washing, looking down to see the mountains and rivers. Painting; the warm breeze is blowing gently on the face, the greenery is refreshing, so refreshing and detached!

His internal energy was originally concentrated in the dantian, but now as the whole body relaxes, the true energy circulates freely in the body, and instantly penetrates the limbs and bones, flowing freely in the big and small circles.

The maidservant in white stopped in her tracks, looked sideways at Leng Sensen's sword across her shoulder, raised her hand and pointed at the stone gate in front of her, and said, "Here we are! Hero Zhan...is inside." Her voice was trembling, inaudible.

Bai Yutang said in a deep voice: "Open the door!" The servant girl was frightened and dared not answer.

"Quick!" Bai Yutang shouted.

The maid was startled, turned around abruptly, knelt down and kowtowed, "Hero Bai, please spare this servant!"

At this moment, another six or seven maidservants rushed over, knelt down and kowtowed: "Bai Xia, please, please spare her!" When they looked up again, they all burst into tears.

Seeing how intense their reactions were, Bai Yutang felt that something was wrong, and said angrily, "Zhan Zhao was taken away by one of you, what about her? If you don't hand over Zhan Zhao today, I will kill you all!" With a sweep of the sword's edge, a powerful internal force, like a hurricane, knocked all the maidservants to the ground.

A servant girl struggled to get up, and said to the crowd: "Sisters, we are all poor people who share the same fate. It is also a fate to meet together. Now we will avenge our vengeance, and we will die without regret!" Everyone gathered together The voice echoed, with a gesture of generosity and death.

Bai Yutang was a little taken aback when he saw it, and thought: "What's going on? What kind of revenge do they want? What does this have to do with Zhan Zhao? Could it be that they conspired to trick Zhan Zhao to come and trap him here?" He found an organ on the left side of the stone gate, and quickly pressed it hard, but his fingers were almost broken, and there was no movement in the stone gate, so he raised his sword and pointed at the crowd angrily, saying: "Open the door soon!"

"It can't be opened!" The leading servant girl's mood has calmed down a lot, and she sneered, "This is the forbidden area of ​​the Tianyin Sect. This door is extremely strong. Once it is closed, it will never be opened within seven or forty-nine days!"

There was a "buzz" in Bai Yutang's head, as if it was about to explode.He never expected that Zhan Zhao's life would be buried in the hands of these maidservants.

Thinking that this is the "forbidden place of the Tianyin Sect", Bai Yutang suddenly thought of one person, and now he is the only one who can save Zhan Zhao.Bai Yutang immediately mobilized his inner strength, used the technique of sound transmission for thousands of miles, and shouted loudly: "Guo Zhongqing! Get out of here! Guo Zhongqing—"

In no time, Guo Zhongqing and Situ Tingyin rushed over one after another.Tong Yun also heard it in the room, but she didn't know that Zhan Zhao was in trouble, and she had always been indifferent to Guo Zhongqing's affairs, so she just pretended she didn't hear anything and continued to concentrate on healing.

Before Bai Yutang could speak, Guo Zhongqing was shocked when he saw the closed gate of the forbidden area from afar.Situ Tingyin's surprise was even more serious, and he hurriedly asked, "Who's in there?"

Bai Yutang didn't recognize Situ Tingyin, so he ignored him, rushed up and grabbed Guo Zhongqing's arm, threw him in front of the stone gate, and ordered: "Open the door!"

Although Guo Zhongqing is not very skilled in martial arts, he is still a martial arts practitioner. In front of Bai Yutang, he looked like a frail scholar, unable to fight back.He managed to stand still and said, "Once this door is closed..."

Bai Yutang hurriedly said: "It's impossible to open it without Qi Qi 49 days, is it?" He reached out and grabbed his throat suddenly, and said fiercely: "Don't do this with me! You are a disciple of the Tianyin Sect. Why can't you open the door? If you don't release Zhan Zhao today, I'll let you be buried with him!"

"What? Zhan Zhao is inside?" Situ Tingyin turned pale with shock at first, then seemed to go crazy, raised his arms above his head, and shouted to the sky, "God's will! God's will!" His expression was very strange, he didn't know whether it was joy or not sad.He couldn't help muttering, holding on to the stone walls on both sides, and walked towards the depths of the stone corridor alone with chaotic steps.

Guo Zhongqing swayed, fell to the ground, shed tears in a daze, and murmured: "How could this happen? How could this happen? Zhan Zhao is dead, who will save Tong Yun..."

"Why are you crying?" Bai Yutang snapped, "Hurry up and save people!"

Guo Zhongqing seemed to have lost his soul, and sat for a long time before saying: "I have sent the ancestors of the past generations to retreat in the forbidden area, and I have always brought a full two months of water and food. Because once in, it is impossible to come out before the time limit! The more he spoke, the more desperate he became. He suddenly jumped up and yelled at the servants: "You, you must have tricked Zhan Zhao in! You harmed Zhan Zhao to kill Tong Yun!" face, unintentionally knocked off her veil.

"Kill it! You guys kill it!" The leading servant girl tore off the white veil on her face and said angrily, "We have been harmed by the witch, we are so inhuman and ghost, we don't want to live for a long time!" All the maidservants heard , also felt that the grief and indignation in his heart were unbearable, and he tore off the veil all at once.

Guo Zhongqing was shocked to see such a scene, his heart seemed to be cut into pieces by thousands of knives, his heels softened, he took two steps back, leaned on the stone wall, looked up to the sky and wept: "Retribution, retribution!"

Bai Yutang was greatly shocked by the tragic situation of the maidservants, he couldn't help standing on the spot blankly, and couldn't bear to embarrass them anymore.What's more, with things at this point, what's the use of killing these miserable maidservants?He thought to himself: "No matter what, I can't give up! I must try to rescue Zhan Zhao!" He looked at the thick stone door carefully, knowing that he could not break it with his own skill alone, so Made an extremely bold decision: join forces with Tongyun!

When Zhan Zhao opened his eyes, he saw a different scene in front of him. The secret room was no longer narrow and oppressive. With the colorful candlelight, the cold walls were reflected in his clear eyes, like an infinite world.

What surprised Zhan Zhao even more was that the internal injuries on his body healed inexplicably, and he suddenly felt refreshed and full of internal energy.He was stunned for a while, and his eyes accidentally fell on the candlestick in the corner. It was exactly what he brought down from the stone room above, and it was carved out of hard stone.He got up and went forward, picked up the candlestick, and then put his internal force through his five fingers, exerting force in his palm, but saw the candlestick collapsed from top to bottom, from the inside to the outside in an instant, turning into ashes and scattered all over the ground.

Zhan Zhao looked at his hands in disbelief, and found that all the internal energy he had lost seemed to have returned!

In the Empress Dowager's palace, all the servants held their breaths, stealing glances at Chuni who was kneeling on the ground from time to time, but never dared to look up at the Empress Dowager.The moon in the sky seemed to feel the oppressive atmosphere in the hall, and quietly hid behind the dark clouds.

Chunni has been kneeling for a long time, but her waist is still straight and her eyes are still firm.

The Empress Dowager looked gloomy, and questioned her: "You came back to the palace at night, not because you were afraid that Ai's family would worry about you, but because you were pleading for Bao Zheng?"

Chun Ni lowered her head slightly and said: "The queen mother is worried about the son, how can the son not know? It's just... It's just that Meiniang is still in the devil's lair, if she can't be rescued within the time limit, then Lord Bao..."

Chen Lin took a bowl of ginseng tea from a servant girl, and presented it to the Queen Mother with both hands.The Queen Mother didn't even look at it, she waved her hand and told him to put it down, and continued to ask Chunni: "You know that Mei Niang's life or death is uncertain, but why don't you worry about her, and only care about Bao Zheng's life!"

In one sentence, Chunni was very wronged, she said with tears: "Chunni was originally a grasslander, she was granted the title of princess by the grace of the queen mother, how can she not be grateful? Since entering the palace, although she has been well-clothed and well-fed, she has lived two lives between human and earth." Fortunately, Mei Niang did not give up and regarded me as a biological sister, taking care of me everywhere. Now that her life and death are uncertain, Chun Ni wished she could replace her with her body so that she could return to her mother's side as soon as possible! It's just the royal family's misfortune, but if Master Bao is executed, it will be the great Song's misfortune!"

The queen mother sighed deeply, and thought to herself: "Silly boy, would you really kill Bao Qing if you were an Aijia?" After thinking about it, she was puzzled and said, "Why do you only plead for Bao Zheng? Are you not afraid of Aijia's governance?" Zhan Zhao's death penalty? He is your senior brother!" I thought, this is not like Chunni before.

Chun Ni resolutely said: "My son entered the palace today to intercede for Lord Bao on behalf of senior brother!" This is the only thing she can do for Zhan Zhao.

The queen mother nodded, feeling in her heart: "As expected of Zhan Zhao's junior sister!"

"As for Senior Brother..." Chun Ni looked at the Queen Mother, her eyes were as clear as a pool of water, and said slowly: "I have already made an oath in my heart - I don't want to live with him, but I want to die with him! "

When the Queen Mother heard this, she was at a loss for words, and sighed again in her heart: "That girl Mei Niang is probably thinking the same way!"

After silently reading the sentences on the stone wall for countless times, Zhan Zhao finally realized the truth: what the man in sackcloth saw in the mirror was neither his appearance nor his heart, but a vast and boundless natural world.The so-called "abandoning the mind and following the spirit" is to achieve the transcendent state of "forgetting both things and me", and to integrate with the world and all things.

As the so-called "all dharmas return to one", all things in the world return to the same way, and there is no difference in the first place. The word "separation" is only in the heart.When Zhan Zhao first entered the secret room, he was confused by the appearance of the murals. Now when he looked around the walls, he could no longer see the portraits, chess games, seal characters and paintings. He only saw a eight-character motto: "Tao follows nature, and man and nature are one."

This is the mystery of the layout of the Tianyin School's forbidden area: the word "qin" can be seen nowhere on the four walls, but it can be seen everywhere. Portraits, chess games, seal characters, and paintings are not qin, but they all contain The truth of Yuqin.What the forbidden area of ​​the Tianyin Sect really teaches is not the art of playing the piano, but the Dao of the piano!

Bao Zheng ordered someone to put on the second candle that night, looked out the window and said, "Princess Taiping has entered the palace for two hours."

Gongsun Ce said: "The secondment of the Imperial Forest Army needs to invite the emperor, the emperor is busy with government affairs..."

Bao Zheng interrupted Gongsun Ce's words and said: "I'm afraid the princess entered the palace not only for this reason!" He sighed: "Although Mr. Gongsun is resourceful, he has never been good at lying!"

Gongsun Ce smiled apologetically, and said frankly: "The princess still has to meet the queen mother to intercede for your lord."

Bao Zheng's face darkened and he said: "Princess An Ning, Zhan Huwei and others are in a precarious situation, the top priority is to rescue them from the devil's den, Princess Taiping should take the Imperial Forest Army back to the mansion as soon as possible, and discuss the rescue strategy with the mansion, how can it be time-consuming The government begged for mercy?"

"Don't worry, my lord!" Gongsun Ce persuaded, "The princess was born in the Jianghu, and she doesn't understand the government affairs of the court. She thought that the queen mother would really kill the important officials of the court because of the deadline, so she was a little impatient. But when the princess left the mansion, she said, Once she sees the Empress Dowager, she will rush back to the government office immediately." She glanced outside and said, "I must be on the way now."

Bao Zheng said: "How could this government not know the princess's mood? However, this government only hopes that Princess An Ning will be saved, and the demon girl will subdue the law. As for personal life and death, why should we be afraid?"

Hearing this, Gongsun Ce's eyes were shaken, and he cupped his hands and said: "My lord's words, forgive me for not agreeing with the students!" He said seriously: "Of course the princess must be rescued, and the witch must be captured, but the lord must not talk about life and death lightly!" Looking away, Fu Xu sighed: "'Don't be afraid of life and death, but seek loyalty' is indeed the great realm that my generation of scholars pursues all their lives. Your Excellency has always been admiring you all your life, and even if you are punished by the Queen Mother for this case, you should have no complaints or regrets. You can be loyal to the court, but you can be righteous to Zhanwei. However, have you ever thought about the people in the world?" With his hands behind his back, he sighed: "Your Excellency, you know why Zhanwei abandoned his freedom in the world and followed you around?"

Bao Zheng naturally understood Zhan Zhao's heart, but he was a little hesitant when asked by Gongsun Ce, so he sat upright and listened to his words.

Just listen to Gongsun Ce said: "Over the years, Zhan Huwei traveled the rivers and lakes, saw countless suffering people, and gradually realized that they had three dreams in their hearts."

"What dream?" Bao Zheng leaned forward slightly and asked.

Gongsun Ce said: "One is the 'Mingjun Dream'. The people desire to be born in a peaceful and prosperous age, and hope that today's son will be a sage and Mingjun like Yao and Shun. However, this dream has always been difficult to realize, so the people have a second dream—— 'Blue sky dream'. The common people hope that there will be a good official in the imperial court who is fair and honest, who loves the people like a son, and can really care about their sufferings. But if you can't even count on the 'blue sky', you can only hope to fight the rivers and lakes, eliminate violence and make good This is the "knight dream" in the hearts of the common people. Zhan Huwei once said that he was born in the rivers and lakes, and only this "knight dream" can be realized for the people. However, when he met an adult, he found you It is the time of the blue sky that the common people are eagerly looking forward to, so he resolutely decides to follow you for the rest of his life. Because like all the common people, he also has a 'blue sky dream' in his heart!"